Volcanoes as elastic inclusions: Their effects on the propagation of dykes, volcanic fissures, and volcanic zones in Iceland

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1045-1054

  Andrew, Ruth E B ^a   Gudmundsson, Agust ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caldera; central volcanoes; crustal stresses; dyke arrest; volcanic fissures

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTIC WAVES; ELASTICITY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; INCLUSIONS; LANDFORMS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; STRESSES;

CALDERA; CENTRAL VOLCANOES; CRUSTAL STRESSES; DYKE ARREST; VOLCANIC FISSURES;

VOLCANOES;

BRECCIA; CALDERA; DIKE; FAULT; FISSURE; HOST ROCK; HYALOCLASTITE; INCLUSION; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHAMBER; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RIFT ZONE; VOLCANOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; TORFAJOKULL;

EID: 55549088530     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.07.025     Document Type: Article

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